Is there a check to guarantee that my block will only be used in models that support floating point math in Simulink 7.3 (R2009a)?

I have created a library block that requires floating point support. I do not wish my users to drop the block into a model that may generate non-floating point supported code. Is there a way to ensure this check in Simulink?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

There is no direct check to achieve this functionality in Simulink 7.3 (R2009a).

As a workaround, you may use the block callback and the ERT property 'PurelyIntegerCode'.

Access the InitFcn (or other) block callback by right clicking on the block -> Block Properties -> Callbacks. In here you may use the following code to check for floating point numbers.

myConfigObj = getActiveConfigSet('modelname')

myConfigObj.get_param('PurelyIntegerCode')

%Perform check and any SET_PARAM code based on results above.